A huge congratulations–and an impatient post again, already!–to dear friends Tony and Katherine on the birth of their second child, and to Master Thomas on the birth of a sibling. All I know about baby two is that he/she (but probably he as per a slip of the tongue of the sonogram technician) arrived at […]
Category Archive for 'Jessica'
TGIF!
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Aug 22nd, 2008
Rarely have I been so happy to wake up to a Friday. And I’m not alone. The entire Whitworth-Goldstein household is ready for the long exhale that is a weekend, having come through a pretty challenging week. The one who most needs it the most is Simon, but Matt and I are trailing close behind. […]
Add Another Letter to the Dossier!
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Aug 20th, 2008
I’m telling on my husband. But I’m not mad at him at all. Quite the opposite, I really feel for him. Yesterday he made the mistake I’ve been expecting to make. It, of course, involved preschool. I took Simon to KIP yesterday because I had a big, big call from 12:00-1:30 and wouldn’t be able […]
Preschool Day 3: The Follow-Up
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Aug 18th, 2008
Somewhere in the large and cluttered main office of Shary Hyman, the Director of Keneseth Israel Preschool, I imagine a thick file folder marked “Whitworth, Simon”. If you were to peek inside, you would find a group of papers neatly clipped together. The top of the stack is comprised of the usual boring administrative stuff: […]
Update
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Aug 18th, 2008
OK, more info soon but when I picked Simon up today, he was sitting at the table with the other children, happily eating his lunch, and talking to the kids and teachers. Panic averted.
Preschool Week 2
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Aug 18th, 2008
I had a whole different post planned for today, but it’s not seeming terribly relevant at the moment. Maybe later. Matt dropped Simon off at Keneseth Israel this morning, and he began crying the minute he realized where he was. He managed to give the school director a high-five at the door, but this promising […]
Simon’s First Day at Preschool…
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Aug 14th, 2008
…was ok. Not great, not tragic, just ok. We got off to an inauspicious enough start: Simon woke up at about 6:20 this morning. That’s a good hour earlier than his usual early waking time and more like an hour and a half earlier than his standard one. Meaning that today, a day we all […]
Today is a day I’ve dreaded for quite some time: It’s Molly’s last day with us. When Molly first arrived in February, I wasn’t sure if we were a good fit. I didn’t hear her the entire day, and she barely talked to me even when I asked her direct questions; for an extrovert like […]
Tippy Toes and Tushies
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Aug 11th, 2008
Sometimes it’s the grace notes in a given day that end up making the biggest impact. Today seemed especially full of small gestures or moments that left me smiling and feeling very blessed. The first was Simon’s head tilt when Molly arrived this morning. It’s hard to explain, but when Simon is very drowsy or […]
By Tuesday morning this week, I was getting pretty keyed up about all the changes and separation coming my way. I was stressed about my conference, my budget, my annual presentation to my publisher, a possible extra presentation to an outside company and the beginning of the school year all coming in a six-week window. […]